A ruthless torrent swept her into a bottomless whirlpool.
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"Ah, no……"
Xia Yucheng shouted low and suddenly woke up from the nightmare, her whole body covered in cold sweat.
She sat up in panic and turned to look out the window. A ray of morning light penetrated through the gaps in the floral curtains and sprinkled on the floor.
It turns out I was dreaming again!
She raised her hand to caress her beating heart, covered it with all her strength, and took a deep breath to gradually calm down her mind.
Although it had been ten years since that day, that nightmarish rainy night still haunted her thoughts. Because after that day, for her, it was just the beginning of purgatory.
"Chengcheng..."
Jian Yuwei's voice came from outside the door, pulling her back from her thoughts.
"Chengcheng, get up and have breakfast." As soon as he finished speaking, the door was pushed open.
Jian Yuwei, who looked slightly pale, stood at the door. Although her eyes were wide open, they had lost their former look and focus.
Xia Yucheng quickly lifted up the sheets and jumped up, running over to support her: "Mom, didn't you tell me? Wait until I get up to make breakfast."
"It's okay, I see you came back very late yesterday..." Jian Yuwei secretly regretted the blindness caused by excessive sadness. She didn't like to cause trouble to others, but a blind person wanted to trouble others.
There are too many places.
If it hadn't been for that incident, she wouldn't be in the situation she is today.
She sighed softly, squeezed Xia Yucheng's arm hard, and wanted to say something, but in the end she still couldn't.
After helping her mother sit down at the dining table, Xia Yucheng quickly washed up and changed clothes. Then she walked to the wall calendar, drew a circle on today's day with the colored pen attached to it, and wrote a number, 316.
Looking at the big red numbers, she felt sad for a while, and then she raised the corners of her mouth and smiled slightly.
The numbers written on the wall calendar showed a decreasing trend. Every time she wrote one, Xia Yucheng felt that the warm sunshine was getting closer to her.
After breakfast, she changed into a pair of clothes, a T-shirt and a pair of jeans. She also tied her long hair tightly back on her head. The Gu family's maids were not allowed to let their hair down.
"Chengcheng, remember to tell Mr. Gu today that he promised that after you get your college diploma, you can leave the Gu family and find a job." Jian Yuwei walked up behind Xia Yucheng and walked from
He took out a delicate hairpin with pink pearls from his pocket.
"Is it for me? It's so beautiful. Where did it come from?" Xia Yucheng took the hairpin. It was a half-moon shaped hairpin with leaves made of broken diamonds inlaid with petals made of pink pearls.
The style is simple, low-key and luxurious.
"No, it's worthless...it's really...an old thing."
"Of course I know, but it's very beautiful and I like it very much. Thank you mom!"
"Then... put it on..." Jian Yuwei ran her hand down Xia Yucheng's arm, took the hairpin from her hand, fumbled carefully and slowly put it on her bun.
Xia Yucheng smiled at Jian Yuwei, who had dull eyes in the mirror, and said softly: "Forget it, my clothes don't match at all. It's just a waste of a good thing."